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IES Educational Outreach

Integrated Engineering Software is a proud sponsor of higher education having provided free software to universities and colleges in the USA and Canada since 1994!  Through this program, and your instruction, thousands of students have learned about structural engineering using the interactive features of VisualAnalysis.

IES offers a free educational software product, VisualAnalysis, for use in teaching or demonstrating structural analysis.  The free product is limited to schools in North America.  Foreign educators may purchase one or more student licenses for use in schools outside this area.

History

VisualAnalysis is a very easy to use frame and finite element package that was originally designed for teaching.  It began at Montana State University in the early 1990's under the direction of Dr. Dan VanLuchene.  In 1994, IES took the technology into the private sector and VisualAnalysis has been a successful commercial product since then.  IES has continued, faithful to its roots, and makes VisualAnalysis available to schools and universities to assist educators and to insure that students are learning on state-of-the-art tools.

What is VisualAnalysis?

VisualAnalysis is a very graphical, simple tool for modeling civil/structural projects.  At the same time it offers advanced nonlinear modeling features such as tension-only members, P-Delta analysis, and plate/shell elements.  To get a sense for what VisualAnalysis is like, please take a look at the product pages and information, keep in mind that 'Advanced' level features, and 'Package' features (design checks) will not be available in the educational product.

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Getting Started

1. Register Your Department -- It's FREE (in the USA & Canada)

Only one faculty member need register in each department on campus.  We verify your status at the university and then issue you a license key.  See the FAQ for more details, and you may wish to read the educational license agreement.  There is no cost or obligation and your privacy is insured.

2. Install the Software:

You will receive emailed download instructions after registering the product.  You may install it and run it without obligation.  The software may be easily uninstalled should you decide you do not need it.  It may be installed on a network server to run in student labs (please see the help file for more details about how.)  The software may be installed anywhere in your department, on school-owned machines.

3. Start Teaching!

Use VisualAnalysis for research, teaching, student labs, assignments, demonstrations, or special projects.  Students may use the software on university owned machines for free.

4. [Optional] Student Orders:

We sell low-cost student licenses ($20) for situations where students use their own machines (not university owned) or where they wish to have access to VisualAnalysis off campus.  (Read more about student licenses here.)

You may distribute this web site address to students who may wish to purchase:   www.iesweb.com/edu/

 

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